Meanings
nounsquall line (plural squall lines)
plural squall lines
- climatologyA line of thunderstorms, up to hundreds of miles long, typically with squalls at the advancing edge.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 颮線 /飑线
- 颮線 /飑线 (biāoxiàn)line of thunderstorms
Finnish kuuropilvijono, ukkosrintama
- kuuropilvijonoline of thunderstorms
- ukkosrintamaline of thunderstorms
- puuskarintamaline of thunderstorms
French ligne de grains
- ligne de grainsline of thunderstorms
German Schlechtwetterfront
- Schlechtwetterfrontline of thunderstorms
Italian fronte, fronte di temporali
- fronteline of thunderstorms
- fronte di temporaliline of thunderstorms
- linea di burrascaline of thunderstorms
Māori pōkākā, rorohū
- pōkākāline of thunderstorms
- rorohūline of thunderstorms
Norwegian Bokmål bygelinje
- bygelinjeline of thunderstorms
Portuguese linha de instabilidade
- linha de instabilidadeline of thunderstorms
Spanish frente de mal tiempo
- frente de mal tiempoline of thunderstorms
Cite this entry
APA
squall line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squall%20line
MLA
“squall line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squall%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squall line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squall%20line.
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